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.. 7,r;r FOR BEST RESULTS advertisers invaribly use the col umn! of the Democrat. With ita full paid circulation, intenaly covering the local shopping area, it is the beet advertising medium "gable. VOLUME LXXIV.- NO. 29 BOON* WBATHBB r . g % n I 1? 8 ! ?" S n 13 26 14 96 IS tt 12 SI J?4 44 8 1 i 45 ? Jan. 18 48 31 .18 II 40 40 T?u' precipe H in. snow BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY IS, PRICE ? CENTS FOURTEEN FAQKS? TWO SECTIONS SITE OF NEW TOWN HALL. ON WEST KING STREET Sinclair Oil Station To Be Site Of Boone's New City Hall The city caoncll has bought the Sinclair filling station lot on the south side of West King Street as the site for a new city hall. The property which was pur chased from the Farmers Hard wire & Supply Co. and D. L. Wilcox for $1*000, is a part of the old W. L. Bryan property, and has been used for an 0(1 station for a great many yean. It fronts ninety feet on the Street and goes back to a depth of 100 iK.t, and in the opinion of the council, will provide enough space for the municipal building, for storage of certain supplies and for the necessary parting of official cars, and thou of taxpayers having busi ness with the city officials. The council bought the pro perty following an open meet ing of the board held Thursday night, when the small group of citizens were given an oppor tunity to speak out for or against the proposal, after May or Wade E. Brown had offered a detailed explanation of the move to provide better quarters for the city government. Only about twenty-five attended. Present plans, it was said Tuesday, call for the grading of the basement level to the rear of the oil station building right away, and the pouring of the street level concrete floor which may b? used for parking. Hie present building will be ? re modeled to the extent it may be uaed for the city office* un til final building plan* are made and construction work is started. Official sources expressed the opinion that the city hall will M constructed* as quickly as possible. Miss Childers Transferred Miss Jean Childers, Watauga County Home Economics Agent, will be transfered to Transyl vania county to serve in a sim ilar poaition, beginning Febru ary 1. The appointment wa* made by the North Carolina Exten sion Service and the Transyl vania County Board of Commis sioners, The poaition in Watauga county will be filled by Mrs. Lillian H. Dinner, assistant Home Economics Agent here for the past four years. Mrs. Dan ner is a native of Haywood county and a graduate of West ern Carolina College. The Watauga County Board of Commissioners and the North Carolina Extension Service ap pointed Mrs. Danner as Home Economics Agent. Many Arrests Made In 1961 Chief of Police Glenn Rich ardson reports that hi* depart ment made a total *t 140 ar rest* during 1981, which does not include parking meter cita tions. Broken down, there were 08 arrests for drunkenness, six for drivinc drunk, thirteen for speeding, two for reckless driv ing, twenty-one for running through stop signs, twelve for running red lights, seven for as sault, two for forgery, four for larcency, and five for possession of spirituous beverages. Chi'f Richardson states that at the same time his depart ment investigated seventy-two automobile accidents in the city during the year. The bead of the local police department points out that things are running smoothly in town and thai, even during the holidays there was a minimum of disturbance. In submitting the impressive list of arrests the Chief wishes to thank the people for their splendid co operation with the department in the past. Industrial Dinner MeetingT o . Be Held In Boone January 29 The County Board of Direc tors of the Northwest North Carolina Development Associa tion announced today that a county -wide industrial dinner meeting will be held Monday, January 29 in the Boone Ele mentary School cafeteria at 7:00 pm. Mr. Hank Snyder, recently retired assistant works manager of Western Electric Company, will present the program. Mr. Snyder will give local /acts pertaining to industrialization. These facts are useful to all people in our county not only from the standpoint of getting new Industry, but from the standpoint of understanding what is involved in education of youth, the philosophy of work, etc. (tee of the big tasks, Mr Snyder said, "ia the condi tioning and preparation of our local people for greater Indus trialization rather than lust bringing in prospects." All high school seniors will b* asked to attend as guests of Watauga Savings and Loan As sociation and The Northwestern Bank. It is hoped that the following HENRY F. SNYDER will also attend the meeting: county commissioners, town offi cial! of Boone and Blowing Bock, County Board of Educa tion, superintendent and prin cipals of schools. Master of Granges, president of Farm Bureau, representatives from all communities, commanders of VFW and American Legion, representatives from the W om ens clubs, representatives from the Garden Clubs, directors of the Blue Ridg? Electric Mem bership Corporation and Skyline Telephone Corporation, repre sentatives from all industries in the coaitjr, representatives ? ? . * from all civic and professional organizations, Civil Defense, chairmen of Republican and Democrat parties, college offi cials and teachers, represents tives the newspaper and radio, and others. Tickets for the meal are $1.90. These tickets are available from James Harsh, Watauga Savings and Loan; Clyde R. Greene, Farmers Hardware and Supply Co.; W. C. Richardson, Assistant County Agent, officers of clubs and organizations, and several business men. Snyder Had Varied Cbreer Henry F. Snyder, retired As sistant Works Manager, Western ?*ctric Company, recently named head of the Industrial Planning Group of the North Carolina Development Associa tion, started his career with Western Electric on September 20, 1912. aa an assembler at the Hawthorne Works in Chicago, Illinois. He received his first supervisory assignment in 1915. After serving in the Army R. L. TA1T R. L. Tait, AHS Teacher, Dies Monday Reginald Lawrence Tait, 86, "dean of the faculty" at Ap palachian High School, died Monday night at .9:19 o'clock at Watauga Hospital, where he wai taken earlier following a heart attack at his home on Locuit Street. He had taught hi* classes Monday.. Survivors Include the widow, Mrs. Polly Beard Tait; a son, James B. Tait, of Boiling Springs; two daughters, Mr. A. W. Fountain of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Mary Jane G res ham of Boone; two brothers, Tunstell Tait of Grave Hill, Ala., and Ben Tait of Green ville, Ala.; five sisters, Mrs. Ida May McCrary and Mrs. Glenn (Continued on page eight) Rites Held For Mrs. Ford, 75 Mrs. Martha Blanche Coffey Ford, 75, of Boone, Rt. 4,. wife of Filmore 0. Ford, died Sun day at her home. She waa born in Watauga County to Thomas Calvin and Ellen Cook Coffey. Surviving are her huiband; ?even aona, William S. Ford of Lenoir, Rt. 8, Ralph Ford of Blowing Rock, David Ford of Lenoir, John F. Ford of Boone, Rt.. 4, Thomai B. and Marion Glen Ford, both of Boone, and Farthing G. Ford of Lexington; four daughters, Mrs. Clyde Jackaon of Todd, Mr*. Ronda Hampton and Mri. Lonnie Har rison, both of Ltnoir, and Mn. Elster Church of Fleetwood; two brother*, Marion 0. Coffey of Boone, Rt. 4, and Joe L. Coffey of Deep Gap; two slater*, Mr*. B. A. Hampton of Boom, Rt. 4, and Mr*. Kinney Brown of Boone, Rt 1; 84 grandchild ren and SS great-grandchildren. The funeral was conducted at 2 p. m. Tuesday at Laurel Fork Baptiat Church by the Rev. CtrW* Egger* and the Rev. Riymond Hendrix. Burial followed in the family came FILED ON ocate Whiteside In Charge Of Survey Dr. R. H. Harmon, Civil De fence Director for Watauga county, announced this week that the firm of Six Associates, Inc., architects and engineers of Asheville, are making a sur vey to locate and mark public fallout shelter space iq Boon*, Blowing Rock, College Campus, and. other areas in the county, including the schools. Similar surveys are being con ducted throughout the country in a nationwide effort to locate and mark existing facilities which will provide adequate protection against radioactive fallout. Preliminary estimates indicate that suitable shelter will be fpund for approximately one-fourth of the country's pop ulation, or 80 million people. The National Fallout Shelter Survey Program is under the direction of the assistant sec retary of Defense for Civil De tease, Steuart L. Plttman, with the responsibility for direct supervision of the surveys rest ing with the U. 8. Army Corps of Engineers and the Navy Bu reau of Yards and Docks. Dr. Harmon said, "Six Asso ciates, lue.," are under contract to our district Army Engineer to do the field work of the fall out shelter survey in the coun ties of Watauga, AsHe, and Av ery. To qualify before obtain ing this government contract several members of the firm re ceived intensive specialized training in structural analysis of fallout shelters at a school sponsored by the Department of ueifnse." Jamei Whiteside will do the local survey work for Six A* sociates, Inc. Their initial job will be to (ill out a form which will describe the structural com ponents of each building which appears to offer a substantial degree of protection from radi oactive fallout for at least 80 people. The completed forms will be processed and sent to the data processing center of the Bureau of Census. Here a film optical sensing device for input to com ( Continued on page eight) Court Term Will Convene January 22 The January criminal term of Watauga Superior Court will convene Monday January 22, with Judge Francia O. Clarkson of Charlotte preaiding. SoUcitor B. T. Falla, Jr., of Shelby will proaecute a docket of 190 caaea, 118 of which con ?iat of speeding and other traf fic violation!. Fifteen will be tried for driving drunk. There are ten breaking and entering caaea, and one of atatutory rape. Other* are for miacellaneoua misdemeanors. The Arm Following are the names of those who have been auramoned for Jury duty during the one week term: Bald Mountain: Millard H. Stephens, Raymond Parker. Beaver Dam: David Farthing, Roy Vines, Albert Ward, Dean Wilson. Blowing Rock: Dale Wood. Howard Coffey, Clayton Hayes, Thomas Lee Klutx. Blue Ridff : Hamp ton, Carl Storie. Boone: J. E. Clay, Sr., Wiley a. Hartzog, Jamea E. Miller, Flnia D. Wagoner. Brushy Fork: Ray teUlson, Lewis Anderson, Paul Hayes. Cove Creek: John K. Feiry, Lee Combe, James C. Combs. (Continued on page eight) i INDUSTRIAL ARTS BUILDING New Industrial Arts Activity Newest Program At College The Industrial Arts Depart ment of Appalachian State Tiifihen Collefle iti of iicial course offering! winter quarter of the present academic year. The department, youngest of Appalachian's academic fields, had its beginning in 1908 when the money was appropriated to build the present plant. Dr. Howard S. Decker, the present chairman of the Indus trial Arts Department, came to Appalachian in 1909 and im mediately began work to get the new building tinder con struction. March, 1900, saw the construc tion underway 'and by October, 1901, the building was occupied by the present staff ant! stu dents. ? The department's faculty con aists of Dr. Decker and Mr. David Rigshy. a woodworking specialist. Mr. Rigsby comes to Appalachian from the Training School of Woman's Colege in Greensboro. He has the unique distinction of teaching more students whose work has won awards for excellence than any other instructor in the United States. With these two men and the addition to the staff that is to come next fall, the department is well en its way to reaching its goal of quality and excellence of workmanship and teacher training. Among the other activities of the department, the ataff and twelve students will attend a national meeting of Industrial Arts personnel at PitUburg In April. A newly - formed Industrial program. ' The department will have its first student teachers of Indus trial Arts fall quarter of IMS and will graduate ita first class In May of 1903. The newly-formed curriculum includes five areas: Electronics, Woods, Metals, Drafting, and General Shop, which includes BOWLING MANAGER? Mr. E. E. Jacobs, o I Salisbury, co-own ?r and manager of the Skyline Bowling Lanes, who expects the new (porta facility to be open by February 30. Mr. Jacob*, Mrs. Jacoba and ?year old son Jay have established residence at Ml Faculty Street. County Committees Named By Development Directors The local Board of Director* uki the' following people to ?erve on the County Commit tee* for the Northwest North Carolina Development Auocia tion for 1962: , Induatry ? Glenn Andrew*, chairman; Alfred Adami, Jerry Coo. Stanley Harrii, Dempeey Wilcox. Ralph Winkler. Travel and Recreation ? Her man Wiico*, chairman; Joe Maple*, Harold Rice, Harry Bobbin*. Community Development ? Bill routs, chairman; Mr*. Lil lian Danner, R. 0. Shipley, Hade Smith, Mr*. Cecil Swift. Clyde Tester Youth ? Jack William*, chair man; E. M. Widcsr. Jr., Rev. Rhett Winter*. Fred Critcher, Fred Greene, B. W. Stalling!. Dairying, Grade A? I. B. Wil son, chairman; Vane* Keller, Dickie Winkler. Dairying, Manufactured Milk ? Fred Teater, chairman; Hal Cook, Glenn Moor*. Poultrr ? Sam Moretz, chair man; Sanfoid Creed, Homer Critchw. Swine? Ralph Wilaon, chair man; Wilton Brown, Fred Mc Guire. E Tobacco? Roy W. Ial? dHW man; Clint Eggera, Ned Glenn. Apple Production and Mar keting ? D. T. Brown, chairman; Johnaon Chriitenbury, Walter Coffey. Small Fruit* and Vegetable! til photography, printing, tatter, art metals, and jewelry. Coouotaiiiift on the purpose and alma of the department, Dr. Decks* W.iUKWf/t ? Induf trial Arts aa an aapact of tech nical education. We feel that the technical aspect of Ameri can life ii becoming increaaingly more important and that at trade fairi and world fairs we want to show a picture of America. A major portion of that picture can be aeen in what America produces. "Since this la a part of life and since our school systems must r ?fleet life, we feel it must be In the schools. "Industrial Arts as a school subject must represent the high est state of our country's tech nical competence. Therefor*, we, more than any other depart ment in the state or nation, must stress excellence." Democrat Ha? New Column Width Today The Democrat come* from the pren today In a (lightly eat width. Orlrfaally the pap er wu ? column U earn, a standard measurement before the torn of the cento rr Later
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